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Historical Event on 12/16/1515
Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder of Portuguese power in India, died at the age of 73 years.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 12/19/1961 | Goa was liberated after Portuguese surrendered to the Indian troops. |
| 2/13/1989 | Aubrey Menen (76), Renowned writer, passed away in Kerala. |
| 5/20/1965 | Under the leadership of Commander M. S. Kohli, Indian Trackers concurred Mount Everest. Captain A. S. Chima and Sherpa Nawang Gombu were the first to reach the summit. |
| 10/13/1905 | Sister Nivedita died. |
| 12/29/1953 | The States Reorganisation Commission. |
| 12/31/1995 | K.P.S. Gill, DGP of Punjab, retires from service. |
| 7/7/1962 | 94 people died in an Italian DC-8 air crash near Bombay. |
| 1/4/1972 | Pakistan proposed to talk after the war. |
| 8/16/1980 | Communal riots continue; death toll in Uttar Pradesh City hits 130. |
| 4/17/1946 | Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away. |
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